Garment-button.



S. W. CUSHMAN.

GARMENT BUTTON.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 30. 1917 1,298,016, Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

SARAH W. GUSHMAN, 0F NORWICH, NEW YORK.

GARMENT BUTTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 25, 1919.

Application filed March 30, 1917. Serial No. 158,705. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SARAH W. CUSHMAN, of the city of Norwich, county of Chenango, and State of New York, have invented a new and original Idea in Regard to Garment- Buttons, of which the following is a specification, reference being made to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to garment buttons, and especially to an improved two-piece or divisible button.

One object of the invention is to provide a reliable and practical button composed of a normally invisible part that is permanently secured to a garment, and an ornamental part that is attachable to and detachable from the fixed invisible part at will, espe cially when the garment is to be laundried:

Another object is to provide a button of this character that is simple of construction and may be manufactured at a comparatively slight cost; and

Another object is to provide a button of this character that is easy and convenient to attach and detach without the use of needle, thread or any tool or accessory.

Other objects may become apparent while considering the following details of description in connection with the accompanying drawings in which.

Figures 1 and 2 are perspective views illustrating the two separable elements of one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the said embodiment as applied to a garment, the latter being shown in section;

Fig. 4: is a view partlyin section and ob served along a visual line at right angles to the visual line of Fig. 3; y

I Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the detachable part of a button of somewhat modified construction; and

Fig. 6. is a central sectional view of the modified form shown in Fig. 5.

In these drawings, in which similar reference characters correspond with similar parts throughout the several views, the detachable element is preferably constructed of two primarily separate parts 10 and 11 which may be united by any appropriate securing means so as to produce the unitary element shown in Fig. 1. The part 11 is hollow and provided with bayonet slots 12.

The permanently secured unit of the button comprises a circular body having thread receiving apertures therethrough, a securing element 13 between the said apertures, a recess 14 to receive portions of the thread that engages the element 13, and diametrically opposed tongues 15. This member or unit is of such size and shape that its major part normally fits within the hollow of the removable unit. while its tongues 15 project through the bayonet slots 12. These slots are provided with depressions 16 in which the tongues 15 normally rest.

In the modified form shown in Figs. 5 and 6. the member 11 is eliminated, and a cavity 11 is formed in the body 10 this cavity comprising notches 12 and annular grooves 12". These notches and grooves constitute bayonet slots which receive the tongues 15 and thereby hold the parts of the button together until the detachable part is turnedto allow the tongues 15 to pass out through the notches 12.

It will be understood that the form of button illustrated in Figs. 1 to i is employed when the body 10 is either solid or hollow, whereas, the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6 is used only where the body 10 is formed from a solid material such as mother of pearl, bone, etc;

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A button comprising a part formed with bayonet slots, and a part formed with tongues to fit in said bayonet slots, one of said parts being adapted to be permanently secured to a garment, the other being quickly attachable to and detachable from the permanently secured part at will.

2. The combination with a piece of fabric having a button hole therein. and a second piece of fabric; of a button element perma-' nently secured to the said second piece of fabric and having tongues extending radially therefrom, and a second button element provided with bayonet slots to receive said tongues and thereby removably secure said button elements together, the second button element having its perimeter spaced from that of the first said button element to permit said button elements to engage with provided With bayonet slots having depressaid button hole at opposite sides of the first sions to receive said tongues, whereby the said piece of fabric. second said part may be quickly and se-- v 3. A garment button comprising a part cure'ly attached to the first isaid apart and 10 5 adapted to be permanently secured to a garquickly detachedat will.

nient and provided with tongues, and a' part SARAH CUSHMAN;

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, flwmflltoflgfi. 0." 

